Handle for safety-razor blades.



No. 840.748. A PATENTBDJAN. a, 19Vo1.

n.1. cArPERTL-JB. vHANDLE POR'SAFETY Mzoa BLADES..

APPLICATION YILED FEB. 6. 1906.

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IW TIIESSES UNITEDy strnisrnnr onnicn. RIDNERP. oAFrEnTnjJR., oF BROOKLYN, NEW i'oRK;` i l HANDL Fonl sAFETvRAzon BLADES;

lo all whom zit ma/y/ con/cern." l

Be it known that I, RIDNER P. CAFFERTY, Jr., a citizen of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain'new and useful Improvements in Handles for Safety- Razor Blades, of which the following is a speciiication, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.k

This invention relates to safety razor blades of the class known as Gillette raf zors; and the object thereof is'to provide a handle for the blades of razors of this class with which the blade may be securely connected at vany time for the purpose of honing or sharpening said blade.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, of which the accompanying drawings form a part, in which the' separate parts of my improvement are desig- `nated by suitable reference characters in each of the views, and in which -Figure 1 isa side view of my improved handle for safety-razor blades and showing a blade connected therewith; Fig. 2, a view at right angles to Fig. 1; Fig. 3, a longitudinal section on-the line 3 3 of Eig: 1, but showing a modification; and Eig. 4, an end view looking the direction of the arrow :n of

Fig. 1.

lri the practice of my improvement, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, I provide a handle a, which is composed of a tubev of spring metal split longitudinally fromone'end approximately to the other, as shown'at a2, the split' `oonsisting of alongitudinal. slot `or opening which terminates at a3 in a circular opening,

the separate parts 'ofthe handle being connected at the end adjacent to the circular opening a3 by integral portions a".

. portions ofthe separate parts of the handle opposite the end a5 of said handle are formed into flat jaws a", and said jaws are provided with circular holes or apertures 0.7, and 'secured in the holes or apertures a7 of one of the jaws are lugs b. I have also shown at c anv ordinary Gillette safety-razor blade, or a safety-razor 'blade of the Gillette class, and

these, as is well known, are provided with circular holes or apertures c2, by means of which they are secured in' the framework of the razor, and in lpractice the holes or apertures ai and the lugs b are spaced so as to cor- The end- Specification of Letters Patent. Appunti@ me@ February 6.1996. seria1No.299,`e97.

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respond with the holes or apertures c2 in the blade c.

When the handle is made in the manner shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the separate parts thereof have a spring action, and that part of the handle at c7 adjacent to the jaws a is thicker than the remaining portion thereof,A

the handle being tapered from the part a7 toward the end d, and mounted thereon is a longitudinally-movable sleeve d, and in practice the sleeve d is moved in the direction of the jaws a5 to cause said jaws to securely grasp and hold the blade c, and whenever it is desired to remove said blade the sleeve d is moved in the opposite direction. This construction forms a simple, effective, and convenient handle for holding the blade c while sharpening the same or honing the' same, and in this way the life or use of the blade may be indeiinitely extended.

In the construction shown in Fig. 3, the separate parts of the handle a are pivoted or yhinged together at the end a5, as shown at e, `and placed between said parts of the handle is a spring f, which operates to-force said parts outwardly or to separate said parts, and the sleeve d, which is also employed in this form of construction, will operate in the saine manner as with the construction shownl in Figs. 1 and 2.

In both forms of construction shown the handle is hollow or ltubular in form and the separate parts thereof are segmental in crosssection; but the separate parts of the handle need not necessarily be segmental in crosssectionand other forms may be adopted, if desired, and any lsuitable form .of a spring may be employed to separate the parts of the handle in the constructlon shown 1n Fig'. 3.

This device is-simple in constructionand comparatively inexpensiveA and may be used as a handle for all safety-razor blades of the class described.

Having fully described my invention, what loo other with lugs'adapted. to pass through said my invention I have signed my name, in holes or apertures, a spring Placed between presence of the subscribing witnesses, this xo thel hanrllle members fr forcing lt'helilapar 3d day of February, 1906.

an a s eeve mounte on sai an e an I 5 adapted when moved in one direction to RIDNER P' CAFFERTY JR' force the separate parts thereof and the said Witnesses:

jaws together. F. A. STEWART,

Intestinaon'y that I claim theforegoing as C. E. MULREANY. 

